Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Temple
A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.
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Chicago, Illinois
A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.
Chicago, Illinois
This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.
Winslow, Arizona
The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.
Flagstaff, Arizona
This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Albany, California
An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Bridgeport, California
Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Big Pine, California
Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.
Mammoth Lakes, California
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
San Francisco, California
A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.
Glen Ellen, California
The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Santa Cruz, California
A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
Orick, California
Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.
Fort Bragg, California
A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.
Jaipur, India
The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.
Duffield, Virginia
A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.
Randsburg, California
This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.
Terre Haute, Indiana
Modeled after the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral, this small-town Indiana memorial labyrinth sits half a world away.
Shanghai, China
Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.
Nelson, Nevada
A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.